Pyramidal Arborvitses 
Evergreens for Formal Effects • Conifers 
T HE quiet dignity and self-restraint in treatment characteristic of 
the English formal garden, where dependence is placed more on 
the actual plants with subdued architectural details for the spirit 
of the design, or the more classic design of Italian gardens, in which the 
use of plants is more for their value as notes of form or color in archi¬ 
tectural composition, can be attained in American gardens by a great 
variety of trees and low Evergreens which are listed below. We have else¬ 
where referred to the use of the Norway Spruce and Hemlock for high, 
clipped hedges and many of the more compact-growing trees, to be found 
in the category of “Evergreen Trees for Specimens” (see page 13 ), are 
applicable for formal effects also. The plants catalogued below either 
naturally possess a close formal habit of growth or are adaptable to clipping 
into a desired form. Most of these Evergreens when planted in informal 
groups and borders or about the base of a house, especially when used in 
combination with other conifers or broad-leaved Evergreens of a more 
informal habit of growth, seem to lose the appearance of stiffness presented 
when planted formally and serve pleasantly to relieve what might other¬ 
wise be an effect of monotony or flatness. 
Oriental Arborvitae Biota orientalis 
This tree and its varieties form a group of the choicest evergreens for formal 
effects, charming in their variations of coloring and in richness of texture and form. 
In its smaller stages the Oriental Arborvitae presents the appearance of a close- 
pointed column and in later years assumes the habit of a rather loose-growing 
Red Cedar. Its color is a dark, rich green picked out with pretty, lighter green 
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